Devibhagavatapurana 11.4: caturtho'dhyāyaḥ | rudrākṣamāhātmyavarṇanam

11.4.1

nārada uvāca |
evambhūtānubhāvo'yaṃ rudrākṣo bhavatānagha |
varṇito mahatāṃ pūjyaḥ kāraṇaṃ tatra kiṃ vada ||

11.4.2

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
evameva purā pṛṣṭo bhagavān giriśaḥ prabhuḥ |
ṣaṇmukhena ca rudrastaṃ yaduvāca śṛṇuṣva tat ||

11.4.3

īśvara uvāca |
śṛṇu ṣaṇmukha tattvena kathayāmi samāsataḥ |
tripuro nāma daityastu purā''sītsarvadurjayaḥ ||

11.4.4

jitāstena surāḥ sarve bahmaviṣṇvādidevatāḥ |
sarvaistu kathite tasmiṃstadāhaṃ tripuraṃ prati ||

11.4.5

acintayaṃ mahāśastramaghorākhyaṃ manoharam |
sarvadevamayaṃ divyaṃ jvalantaṃ ghorarūpi yat ||

11.4.6

tripurasya vadhārthāya devānāṃ tāraṇāya ca |
sarvavighnopaśamanamaghorāstramacintayam ||

11.4.7

divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu cakṣurunmīlitaṃ mayā |
paścānmamākulākṣibhyaḥ patitā jalabindavaḥ ||

11.4.8

tatrāśrubinduto jātā mahārudrākṣavṛkṣakāḥ |
mamājñayā mahāsena sarveṣāṃ hitakāmyayā ||

11.4.9

babhūvuste ca rudrākṣā aṣṭatriṃśatprabhedataḥ |
sūryanetrasamudbhūtāḥ kapilā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ ||

11.4.10

somanetrotthitāḥ śvetāste ṣoḍaśavidhāḥ kramāt |
vahninetrodbhavāḥ kṛṣṇā daśa bhedā bhavanti hi ||

11.4.11

śvetavarṇaśca rudrākṣo jātito brāhma ucyate |
kṣātro raktastathā miśro vaiśyaḥ kṛṣṇastu śūdrakaḥ ||

11.4.12

ekavaktraḥ śivaḥ sākṣādbrahmahatyāṃ vyapohati |
dvivaktro devadevyo syādvividhaṃ nāśayedagham ||

One faced Rudrâksa seed is the S’iva Himself, made manifest and rendered vivid; even the sin incurred in killing a Brâhmana is destroyed thereby. Two faced or two headed Rudrâksam is like the Deva and the Devî. Two sorts of sins are destroyed thereby. The three faced Rudrâksam is like fire; the sin incurred in killing a woman is destroyed in a moment. The four faced Rudrâksa seed is like Brahmâ and removes the sin of killing persons. The five faced Rudrâksam is verily an image of Rudra; all sorts of sins, e.g., eating prohibited food, going to the ungoables, etc., are destroyed thereby. The six faced Rudrâksam is Kârtikeya. It is to be worn on the right hand. One becomes freed of the Brahmâhatyâ sin. There is no manner of doubt in this. The seven faced Rudrâksam is named Ananga. Holding this frees one from the sin of stealing gold, etc., O Mahâsena! The eight faced Rudrâksa is Vinâyaka. Holding this frees one from the sin of holding an illicit contact with a woman of a bad family and with the wife of one's Guru, etc., and other sins as well. It enables one to acquire heaps of food, cotton, and gold; and in the end the Highest Place is attained.

11.4.13

trivaktrastvanalaḥ sākṣātstrīhatyāṃ dahati kṣaṇāt |
caturvaktraḥ svayaṃ brahmā narahatyāṃ vyapohati ||

11.4.14

pañcavaktraḥ svayaṃ rudraḥ kālāgnirnāma nāmataḥ |
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇodbhūtairagamyāgamanodbhavaiḥ ||

11.4.15

mucyate sarvapāpaistu pañcavaktrasya dhāraṇāt |
ṣaḍvaktraḥ kārtikeyastu sa dhāryo dakṣiṇe kare ||

11.4.16

brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ |
saptavaktro mahābhāgo hyanaṅgo nāma nāmataḥ ||

11.4.17

taddhāraṇānmucyate hi svarṇasteyādipātakaiḥ |
aṣṭavaktro mahāsena sākṣāddevo vināyakaḥ ||

11.4.18

antakūṭaṃ tūlakūṭaṃ svarṇakūṭaṃ tathaiva ca |
duṣṭānvayastriyaṃ vātha saṃspṛśaṃśca gurustriyam ||

11.4.19

evamādīni pāpāni hanti sarvāṇi dhāraṇāt |
vighnāstasya praṇaśyanti yāti cānte paraṃ padam ||

11.4.20

bhavantyete guṇāḥ sarve hyaṣṭavaktrasya dhāraṇāt |
navavaktro bhairavastu dhārayedvāmabāhuke ||

The fruit of holding the eight faced Rudrâksa seed has been said. Now I will talk of the nine-faced Rudrâksam. It is verily the Bhairava made manifest. On the left hand it should be worn. By this, the people get both Bhoga (enjoyment) and Moksa (liberation)
and they become powerful like Me and get themselves freed at once, without the least delay, of the sins incurred by committing thousands of abortions, hundreds of Brahmâhattyâs (killing the Brâhmanas). Holding the ten-faced Rudrâksa is verily wearing Janârdana, the Deva of the Devas. The holding of which pacifies the evils caused by planets, Pis'âchas, Vetâlas, Brahmâ Râksasas, and Pannagas. The eleven-faced Rudrâksam is like the Eleven Rudras. The fruits, the efficacy of which I now describe. Hear. The fruits obtained through the performance of one thousand horse sacrifices, one hundred Vâjapeya sacrifices, and making gifts of one hundred thousand cows are obtained thereby.
If one wears the twelve-headed Rudrâksam on one's ear, the Âdityas get satisfied. The fruits of performing Gomedha and As'vamedha sacrifices are obtained thereby. No fear comes from burned buffaloes, armed enemies and wolves and tigers and other murderous animals. Also the several diseases of the body never come to him. The holder of the twelve-faced Rudrâksa seed feels always happy and he is the master of some kingdoms He becomes freed of the sins incurred in killing elephants, horses, deer, cats, snakes, mice, frogs, asses, foxes and various other animals.
O Child! The thirteen faced Rudrâksam is very rare; if anybody gets it, he becomes like Kârti Keya and gets all desires fulfilled; and the eight siddhis are under his grasp. He learns how to make gold, silver and other metals; he attains all sorts of enjoyments. There is no manner of doubt in this. O Sadânana! If anybody holds the thirteen faced Rudrâksam, he becomes freed from the sins incurred in killing mother, father and brothers.
O Son! If one holds on one's head the fourteen faced Rudrâksam always, one becomes like S’iva. O Muni! What more shall I speak to you! The Devas pay their respects to one holding the fourteen faced Rudrâksas and he in the end attains the Highest Goal, the state of S’iva. His body becomes verily the body of S’iva.

11.4.21

bhuktimuktipradaḥ prokto mama tulyabalo bhavet |
bhrūṇahatyāsahasrāṇi brahmahatyāśatāni ca ||

11.4.22

sadyaḥ pralayamāyānti navavaktrasya dhāraṇāt |
daśavaktrastu deveśaḥ sākṣāddevo janārdanaḥ ||

11.4.23

grahāścaiva piśācāśca vetālā brahmarākṣasāḥ |
pannagāścopaśāmyanti daśavaktrasya dhāraṇāt ||

11.4.24

vaktraikādaśarudrākṣo rudraikādaśakaṃ smṛtam |
śikhāyāṃ dhārayedyo vai tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu ||

11.4.25

aśvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca |
gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam ||

11.4.26

tatphalaṃ labhate śīghraṃ vaktraikādaśadhāraṇāt |
dvādaśāsyasya rudrākṣasyaiva karṇe tu dhāraṇāt ||

11.4.27

ādityāstoṣitā nityaṃ dvādaśāsye vyavasthitāḥ |
gobhedhe cāśvamedhe ca yatphalaṃ tadavāpnuyāt ||

11.4.28

śṛṅgiṇāṃ śastriṇāṃ caiva vyāghrādīnāṃ bhayaṃ na hi |
na ca vyādhibhayaṃ tasya naiva cādhiḥ prakīrtitaḥ ||

11.4.29

na ca kiñcidbhayaṃ tasya na ca vyādhiḥ pravartate |
na kutaścidbhayaṃ tasya sukhī caiveśvaro bhavet ||

11.4.30

hastyaśvamṛgamārjārasarpamūṣakadardurān |
kharāṃśca śvaśṛgālāṃśca hatvā bahuvidhānapi ||

11.4.31

mucyate nātra sandeho vaktradvādaśadhāraṇāt |
vaktratrayodaśo vatsa rudrākṣo yadi labhyate ||

11.4.32

kārtikeyasamo jñeyaḥ sarvakāmārthasiddhidaḥ |
raso rasāyanaṃ caiva tasya sarvaṃ prasiddhyati ||

11.4.33

tasyaiva sarvabhogyāni nātra kāryā vicāraṇā |
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva bhrātaraṃ vā nihanti yaḥ ||

11.4.34

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo dhāraṇāttasya ṣaṇmukha |
caturdaśāsyo rudrākṣo yadi labhyeta putraka ||

11.4.35

dhārayetsatataṃ mūrdhni tasya piṇḍaḥ śivasya tu |
kiṃ mune bahunoktena varṇanena punaḥ punaḥ ||

11.4.36

pūjyate santataṃ devaiḥ prāpyate ca parā gatiḥ |
rudrākṣa ekaḥ śirasā dhāryo bhaktyā dvijottamaiḥ ||

The Devas always worship the Rudrâksa seed; the highest goal is attained by wearing the Rudrâksam. The Brâhmanas should hold on their heads at least one Rudrâksam with devotion. A rosary of twenty-six Rudrâksams is to be made and tied on the head. Similarly a rosary of fifty seeds is to be worn and suspended on the breast; sixteen each on each of the two arms; twenty-four Rudrâksams to be worn on the wrists, twelve on each. O Sadânana! If a rosary be made of one hundred and eight, fifty or twenty-seven Rudrâksams and if japam be done with that, immeasurable merits are obtained. If anybody wears a rosary of one hundred and eight seeds, he gets at every moment the fruit of performing the As'vamedha sacrifices and uplifts his twenty-one generations and finally he resides in the S’iva Loka.
Here ends the Fourth Chapter of the Eleventh Book on the Greatness of the Rudrâksam in the Mahâpuranam S'rî Mad Devî Bhâgavatam of 18,000 verses by Mahârsi Veda Vyâsa.

11.4.37

ṣaḍviṃśadbhiḥ śiromālā pañcāśaddhṛdayena tu |
kalākṣairbāhuvalaye arkākṣairmaṇibandhanam ||

11.4.38

aṣṭottaraśatairmālā pañcāśadbhiḥ ṣaḍānana |
athavā saptaviṃśatyā kṛtvā rudrākṣamālikām ||

11.4.39

dhāraṇādvā japādvāpi hyanantaṃ phalamaśnute |
aṣṭottaraśatairmālā rudrākṣairdhāryate yadi ||

11.4.40

kṣaṇe kṣaṇe'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnoti ṣaṇmukha |
triḥsaptakulamuddhṛtya śivaloke mahīyate ||

11.4.40.c1

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmekādaśaskandhe rudrākṣamāhāmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ ||